Judds Company purchased a new plant asset on April 1, 2020, at a cost of $711,000. It

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Judds Company purchased a new plant asset on April 1, 2020, at a cost of $711,000. It was estimated to have a service life of 20 years and a salvage value of $60,000. Judds’ accounting period is the calendar year.


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a. Compute the depreciation for this asset for 2020 and 2021 using the sum-of-the-years’-digits method.

b. Compute the depreciation for this asset for 2020 and 2021 using the double-declining-balance method.

Salvage Value
Salvage value is the estimated book value of an asset after depreciation is complete, based on what a company expects to receive in exchange for the asset at the end of its useful life. As such, an asset’s estimated salvage value is an important...
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Intermediate Accounting

ISBN: 978-1119503668

17th edition

Authors: Donald E. Kieso, Jerry J. Weygandt, Terry D. Warfiel

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